I believe the scientific method is the most important intellectual instrument we have developed as a species and that its presence in the present-day human condition leaves conventional religion relatively redundant and only functional as a form of fictional/quasi-history hybrid media. I believe that any conception of god is suspended entirely by an individual's belief or disbelief in the concept and is so broadly subjective that belief/disbelief in god could necessarily mean a belief in anything.
Ultimately, the characteristics that we as a species have evolved to this point serve to illuminate only fragile truths and our perception of reality is suspended by entirely our arbitrarily evolved senses; this being said, it is impossible for any human to express any sweeping quantum perception of truth but only bear witness to it and acknowledge that the possibilities of everything are endless and that the universe entertains an infinite amount of alternative dimensions.
I believe that we underwent a period of rapid intellectual and social evolution around 10,000BCE when our species was exposed to psychedelic and psychoactive plants leading to an evolved ability to reason, to practice sedentary agriculture, to transcend the mammalian experience, to harness both pleasure and emotional security and entertain a marketplace for the discussion of ideas.
Since then, we have been essentially repeating the same reproductive process perennially from generation to generation as we behave in ways that remixes every experience that has preceded it; this is where my interpretation of Jungian philosophy takes off and I believe that we, as individuals, are experiencing an illusion of free will while our subconscious has already made our decisions for us as we progress through our lives and basically use our bodies as actors on the stage of life.
Once western culture revisited the psychedelic experience last century, we have seen rapid advancement in the human condition and understanding of ourselves. I believe that the desired destiny of our collective consciousness had been perpetually skewed and perverted over the last 3000 years or so with all the damage the sematic religions have inflicted on human evolution and deeply seeded psychological conceptions of self perseveration and fear of "the other" leading to patriotic, religious and otherwise megalomaniacal disasters in those 3000 years.
All this being said, I believe that the universe indeed does run according to some grand principal that runs through the very little we can perceive and experience and the infinite sea of physical and metaphysical phenomenon that we don't have access to with the faculties of a well-adjusted human. I identify with transhumanism on this basis in the sense that I believe psychedelic drug use (most notably LSD and DMT), transcendent/overwhelming forms of meditation and certain shades of what the medical profession would regard as "mental illness" are the key to progressing as a species and having any hope of evolving into something greater than what we are today.
Timothy Leary's 8-circuit model of human consciousness provides a comprehensive structure for how the mind works and allows for my conception of what the desired things of the collective unconsciousness actually are. People today seem to continue concerns about issues such as race, class, philosophy, etc, but I see our presence on earth to be one that will only truly improve if our intrinsic fear of "the other" and the unknown is dispelled, the concept of "culture" is recognised to be an outdated, undesirable and counterproductive trait, that all borders are broken down and human solidarity is not only established but extends to all forms of life and material on earth. Once this is established, we can live happily, peacefully, continue to privilege progress, transcendence and creativity and we can explore space to support and maintain those ends and further our understanding of ourselves and the greater universe. Unfortunately, I think we're a long way off and will probably require at least another evolutionary leap into a higher form of life than humans; if I was betting, I'd say we'll all kill ourselves and the planet before that ever happens.
